Alert Fair Lawn resident leads police to car burglary arrests

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fair Lawn resident who quickly called in a report of two suspicious bicycle riders led police to a 19-year-old man and 14-year-old boy, both of Paterson, who they said were caught with a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses and change stolen from a parked car.

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Jerry DeMarco

07/09/2013 4:44 p.m.

The Chester Street resident had left his home but circled back around and found the pair on his property, Detective Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning.

Officers responding to the 7:14 a.m. call were given a fake name by the adult, who claimed to be 17 but was later identified as Felix Rodriguez, Metzler said.

Rodriguez was being held on $35,000 bail at Fair Lawn police headquarters pending transfer to the Bergen County Jail on charges of burglary, theft and giving false information to police.

Juvenile complaints that will be heard in the Family Part of Superior Court in Hackensack were being signed against the other teen for burglary, theft and trespassing. He was then released to an adult, Metzler said.

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